What is CKNRAC?
Constantia Kloof North Residents Against Crime was formed in May 1997 in an effort to fight crime in the area.
It consists of residents who volunteer their time to help combat crime and keep the area safe for all residents.
CKNRAC wants to create an environment where residents and neighbours
know each other, look out for each other and eliminate crime.
The Association co-operates with the Honeydew police,
and is a non-profit organisation.
Are you a “potential member” or are you a “member”?
Please folks, join up and become PROACTIVE!
Your membership will help finance the Administration of the Association, and support the Community Policing Forum.
The more members we have the more we are able to do for our community.
Have you got your board yet?
If so, is it up?
Your membership is also needed as we need help with the many functions of CKN. A limited number of folk are running with many tasks and their time is limited. Let’s share the load.
You have relied on CKN; can we rely on you ? Please get involved in the area. We all benefit. Remember members of CKN receive no payment for the work they do.
Membership Options
Patrol Members: no joining fee, R100 per month.
Non-patrol members: joining fee of R40, R100 per month. This includes the amount which CKNRAC pays towards the Aqua Security Patrol car.
Any member who feels this is too high can contact John Baisley to discuss it with him.
The committee can accommodate people who are unable to pay the full amount.
There is a Membership application form which you can fill in and send.
FINANCES
The running of the 24-hour patrol is presently taking most of the funds collected on a monthly basis. This is however a good cause as can be seen from the monthly crime statistics. Please support this endeavour as the more cash we collect each month, the more we can contribute to the area, such as beautifying the entrance to CKN from Hendrik Potgieter which is going to be a costly exercise.
Please check that you are contributing on a regular basis as irregular payments make it difficult to budget. Please pay to CKN by electronic transfer, or we will collect a cheque from you if need be.
Finally, please get a membership number from the treasurer to be used when crediting CKN. Many payments received are not being allocated correctly because no reference number is quoted. Incomes Statements are available on request.
Our Treasurer is Magda de Kloe. Tel.no: 011 675 0338 E-mail:
jdekloe@mweb.co.za
Please give your name and street address as reference when paying by direct deposit.
HOW DO I PAY?
- Cash/cheque to your street helper
- Contact a committee member to collect
- Direct deposit into the bank account
BANKING DETAILS FOR R100 PER MONTH TOWARDS THE AQUA PATROL CAR
FOLKS, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT DESPERATELY TO KEEP YOU SAFE & RUN THE AREA!
| Bank |
ABSA |
| Branch |
Clearwater |
| Account No |
730 172 885 |
| Name |
CKNRAC (Constantia Kloof North – Residents Against Crime) |
| Amount |
R 100 per month (or whatever you can afford) |
| Reference |
Your surname, street name and number |
At the time of writing, we are busy with an audit of the area. Every home will be called on by either a CKN member or Aqua representative regarding membership and the updating of details. Please help us with this exercise. We will also be removing CKN boards of non-paying members and putting up boards where needed etc.
What your committee is doing for you
Committee activities
Attend Monthly CPF meetings
Attend monthly committee meetings
Compile and distribute Newsletter
Co-ordinate projects
Control finances
Community projects
Adopt a neighbour
Know your street helper
Information on notice boards at entrances to suburb
Developing and cleaning parks
Numbering of houses and street names
Cleaning the area
Speed control measures
Fence off certain problem areas.
Domestic Watch
Educate the people who work for you
Create a network of domestics who can help to combat crime in the area
Resident Patrols
Patrol the area in their own vehicles, ie. proactive patrolling
Identify and report suspect individuals and vehicles
Create visibility.
Supporting Honeydew SAPS
Monthly contribution to SAPS
Funding of OPS Room
Long term goal is to fund a dedicated vehicle for police reservists
Joining police reservists
Membership package
Membership board for your house
Stickers to identify vehicles belonging in the area
Your family details on a secure database in case of emergency.
Contact the Chairman for further information
John Baisley 011 679-5063
The Honeydew Community Police Forum
The Honeydew precinct serves 100 000 households, with one police officer for 3000 people.
The Police cannot protect everyone due to a lack of manpower and finance.
The Honeydew CPF is the link between Honeydew SAPS and the Residents' Associations.
By maintaining this close relationship, the police are able to use the community to help them in their crime prevention work.
WHAT DOES THE HONEYDEW CPF DO ?
Many folk ask this question.
The CPF or Community Police Forum, is a body established to represent all the Resident Associations falling within the Honeydew Precinct, of which there are over 40. A major objective of community policing is to establish an active partnership between the Police and the community through which crime, service delivery and Police–community relations can jointly be analyzed and appropriate solutions be designed and implemented.
Every month there is a combined CPF/Police meeting at the Printing Training College in Honeydew where various issues are discussed, typically:
Chairman’s report – here the Chairman of the CPF explains how the CPF spent your money for the month which could be anything from new Police vehicles to curtains for the Station Commander’s Office.
Station Commander’s report - includes things such as:
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Comments on Crime Prevention
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Crime Statistics.
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Report on detectives and arrests
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Report back on Police Reservists
Councillors – here the various Councillors representing the Wards covered by the RA’s talk about issues of the day e.g. the ongoing power blackouts, rate hikes, townhouse development etc.
Metro Traffic – What’s happening on our roads, manpower shortages etc.
General – any new issues
Meeting will split off into the various Sector Meetings – This is where the different RA’s get to discuss crime issues with the Inspector responsible for their area .Typically, two representatives from each RA attend these meetings but anyone is welcome to attend and raise concerns directly with the people responsible. Obviously the more money the CPF has in its coffers, the more that can be achieved in helping the Police fight crime. Some RA’s charge the residents on a monthly basis and they are able to afford things like a 24hr Patrol Car manned by Police Reservists (Welridge RA, Constantia Kloof North RA) which is exclusively for those residents. CKN ask residents for R65 per month, which INCLUDES a contribution to the CPF which pays for the following:
Staffing the CPF - Staffing the OPS Room (Honeydew Police Station Ops Room is manned 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, by trained personnel, paid for by your contributions)
Staffing the Trauma Centre - which is at the Honeydew Police Station
